Very interesting question! I like the idea of ferrets as well as chinchilla/possum, platypus and reptiles!

A lot of the species we don't have as villagers are used on special characters to make them more unique though, like Gracie the Giraffe, Kicks the Skunk etc. would be cool to see more of those species, especially an axolotl or turtle villager!

this is kind of a big request bc it'd make the programmers have to do an entirely new mechanic, but i love the idea of dolphin / shark / seahorse / other aquatic villagers! we already have the octopi, but they move around on land?? i think with these aquatic villagers, they would plot their houses in the ocean! and the human characters would automatically get a wetsuit (and have it easily equippable / not taking up an inventory space all the time) so they can swim to visit their water-dwelling villagers!

this is different from a villager-species idea, but going kind of along w the houses in water idea, i'd love it in future animal crossing games if we could put plants in water like lily pads and pretty looking floating algae and hyacinths :')

If you could add any new species into Animal Crossing what would you choose?
I'd personally love to see bats, lizards, and ferrets~

So if these animals could be made into villagers, which would you choose?

adding bats is such a good idea! i didn't even think of that. :>
i want more owls in the game, in addition to blathers and celeste. and maybe some other birds? the penguins are already super cute, but how about like... puffins? am i the only one who'd be thrilled to have grumpy and peppy puffins in my town? :x